Evaluation

Strategy

Data-driven communication for a range of contexts; mission-aligned message development; coaching and support

Communication

Ongoing coaching and support; related training and leadership development; tools and structures to support success

Coaching

Evaluation, strategy, facilitation, research, and communications technical assistance with a focus on capacity building

Technical Assistance

Evaluation, facilitation, communication, and leadership training; activities, frameworks, and tools to support success

Training

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Francis has been incredible to work with! His support of our organization has been monumental. Through Francis' consistent and thoughtful guidance and dedication, we have developed program, evaluation, and organization frameworks that have truly supported growth in capacity and quality of our programs and organization as a whole. Francis is an impeccable listener who understands both the big picture and the small details. Furthermore, he is amazingly skilled in capturing what he hears and using it to create meaningful and useful tools as an outcome of his listening.
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We love Francis! He has been our go-to evaluator and meticulous analyst for over three years. He's helped us get our thoughts on paper, organize data, and strategize, which has resulted in many clear and precise documents that have moved CommunityGrows forward. We have a great strategic plan, impact report, theory of change and logic model thanks to him. We are proud to show off this work to our donors and funders. He cares about social and environmental justice and is a pleasure to work with. Francis has our highest recommendation!
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Barbara L Wenger, Executive Director, CommunityGrows

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In over two decades of work in the nonprofit sector, I have never had the chance to get one on one coaching around evaluation plans and methods until I had the good fortune to be able to work with Francis. How blessed I was to have his guidance in distilling big ideas into more succinct formats, and developing tools for gathering constituent feedback and impact. He is so sharp, intuitive, extremely hard working, very flexible and accommodating, and tech savvy! He really pulled together some highly valuable documents and plans for us in a limited amount of time, which will serve our programming well for many years to come.
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I've had the pleasure of working with Francis for the past couple years. Francis is thorough, insightful, organized, and caring in his interactions. His work has been both supportive and analytical, and he's helped our organization develop and improve our Theory of Change, Logic Models, and evaluation tools.
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Julia Hatton, Director of Youth Programs, Rising Sun Energy Center

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Francis has a talent for making astute observations and I am constantly impressed by his ability to decipher my jumbled thoughts. Together, we have transformed my ideas into solid strategies and set achievable goals. I now feel more confident in my ability to focus and re-prioritize tasks, allowing me greater control over my time and energy.
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Robert, Congressional Staffer

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I found my coaching experience with Francis highly valuable. He helped me prioritize goals and figure out what was stopping me from achieving them. He helped me redefine a draining family relationship, explore fitness options, attain my weight loss goal and stay on target to complete my home maintenance goals.
I'm appreciative of Francis' caring manner. I especially enjoyed the thought-provoking questions he posed for contemplation. I highly recommend Francis for any coaching need.
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Mary, Senior Citizen & Retiree

Greetings!

I am a consultant and coach based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

To my coaching and consulting I bring experience working with a range of social sector organizations and collaborative efforts, building evaluation, communication, and strategic planning capacity. My clients and the communities they serve bring incredible depth of knowledge and lived experience, and I find joy in supporting them to name, clarify, and act upon their visions of change. I love working with groups, and as a trainer and facilitator, I have trained hundreds of people on dozens of topics, including leadership, communications, and relationship building. Currently, I am happy to enjoy a variety of consulting, research, and coaching engagements with individuals and organizations operating in local, regional, national, and international contexts.

A number of professional experiences led to creating Together Brave, including: working for Learning for Action (LFA), a social sector consulting firm; being part of a California-based healthcare advocacy organization seeking to promote policies that advance evidence-based medicine; teaching middle school math and science; and, spending my out-of-class time in college working for and volunteering with the Phillips Brooks House Association, the nation's largest student-led nonprofit, serving communities throughout Boston and Cambridge.

I received coach training through the Coaches Training Institute (CTI), and am a Coach Member of the International Coach Federation. I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Social Studies from Harvard College, where my academic engagement focused on education, community organizing, psychology, and social change.

Happy to hear from you!

Curious about Together Brave? Interested in coaching or consulting services? Please feel free to reach out to me by email or phone, and/or connect with me on LinkedIn.